Well... After 3 days of ownership the drivers door handle gave in on me.

Anyway tonight I set to work. The carrier had broke in the typical location.

It really does seem to be a bad design. The return spring seems way over strength for what is required. I used a cable to tonight and didn't ...

Fantastic car. Really pleased with the comfort and performance seems good enough from the 3.0

Already got me first problem though.
Drivers door wont open from the outside. From what I have read it seem to be the carrier assembly that is at fault.

Looks like an excellent how to has been made on ...

It's Toledo Blue, Metallic (482)

A little late but finally the day is here. Picking the car up Sat afternoon.

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Hello there - expat Brit also living east of Toronto. In fact I got my car from Endras as well!

I used to have an E53 3.0i as well (2004) - sold it to a fourm member when we came out to Canada. We are in Brooklin just north of Whitby.

Peter T
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Small old world. I'm ...

Evening all.

Had a look around theses forums and read some interesting pointers and figured it might be a useful place to hang out.

Originally from the UK and now living just outside Toronto.
I've previously owned an E39 540I so this will be my second experience with BMW.

I'm not sure how the ...